The 5-second rule is a myth that has been busted before (by the Myth Busters, no less) and yet it persists, which is why YouTube's science channel Vsauce has set out and disproved it once and for all. Turns out, the moment your food touches the ground it is covered with bacteria and after a whole 5 seconds, it can… »12/10/12 7:15pm 12/10/12 7:15pm

Um, no. As the chief of the division of infectious diseases at Weill Cornell Medical College tells the New York Times, "Eating dropped food poses a risk for ingestion of bacteria and subsequent gastrointestinal disease, and the time the food sits on the floor does not change the risk." Guess we don't need to ask if… »3/01/11 3:28pm 3/01/11 3:28pm